Current awareness about the benefits of a balanced diet supports ongoing trends in humans
towards a healthier diet. This review provides an overview of fruits and fruit-by products as …

As a natural biopolymer, starch is ideally adapted as an encapsulant material for
nutraceutical delivery systems due to its unique nature of extensive sources, versatility and …

Aerogels are nanostructured materials with low density, high surface area (> 150 m 2/g) and
open porosity (typically 95–99.99%). They are obtained by solvent removal from gels while …

Bioactive food compounds, such as lycopene, curcumin, phytosterols, and resveratrol, have
received great attention due to their potential health benefits. However, these bioactive …

Food-grade porous materials, aerogels and so-called cryogels, were prepared from
cellulose hydrogels obtained from solutions at increasing cellulose concentration (3, 4, 5 …

Phytosterols have been shown to lower cholesterol levels and to have antioxidant, anti-
inflammatory and other biological activities. However, the high melting point and poor …

In recent years, researchers' concern for the applications of nanotechnologies in the food
industry has grown exponentially. This has led to a major change in both consumer and …

The lipid matrix plays a key role in solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) embedding active
ingredients. To investigate the influence of lipid matrix structure on arrangement, release …

Nanofoods is a current concept that is based on the application of nanotechnologies in the
preparation of safe foods, with superior nutritional and sensory characteristics, and capable …

Background Food-grade aerogels are solid materials possessing high surface area, high
porosity, and ultra-low density. Until today, numerous aerogels have been fabricated from …